The 10

Last month's 10

Paul Flynn picked the worst soap stars turned pop singers

Sunday December 12, 2004
The Observer

1 Stefan Dennis, ex-Neighbours

2 Matthew Marsden, ex-Coronation Street

3 Claire Sweeney, ex-Brookside

4 Sid Owen, ex-EastEnders

5 Will Mellor, ex-Hollyoaks

6 Adam Rickett, ex-Coronation St

7 Jennifer Ellison, ex-Brookside

8 Tracy Shaw, ex-Coronation St

9 The Band, ex-EastEnders

10 Bill Tarmey, Coronation St

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Here is what some you thought:

My top 10 would have to include Anita ('I've got my boyfriend's hair') Dobson and her diabolical version of the EastEnders theme tune, 'Anyone Can Fall In Love'.

What about Nick Berry too? Not only did those foolish enough to watch Heartbeat have to suffer his acting, they had to endure him singing the title song.

Also, when listing Stefan Dennis, you mentioned the twins Gayle and Gillian. They too released a single in the early Nineties. I don't remember much about it, but their failure to release a follow-up makes me think that it could well be a contender.
Christine Barnett, London

While it's hard to come up with a worse example of a singing soap star than Stefan Dennis, I can only assume that memory repression was the cause of your failure to include Anita Dobson's 'Anyone Can Fall In Love'. And how about the effort from EastEnders' Barry Evans, which was accompanied with a video featuring the man himself reclining in an inflatable armchair in a swimming pool? Nice ...
Andrew Chapman, by email